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They offered the place to the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, and he refused it with a rude promptness.
— from Ferdinand of Bulgaria: The Amazing Career of a Shoddy Czar by Anonymous
But in the inward sphere, the Deuteronomic view of religion as having its centre in love to God, the tender, thoughtful evangelical spirit which distinguishes the whole outlook of its author, laid hold upon all the higher minds that came after it.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper
He shrunk, in consequence, more and more within himself, striving to keep peace with his father, but in vain; for De Vere often raged at his children without knowing wherefore, and the calm, dignified bearing of his youngest son would chafe him into greater fury than palpable offence.
— from Home Scenes and Heart Studies by Grace Aguilar
I agree with Göller that two distinct violations of right are here imputed to the Megarians: the one, that they had cultivated land, the property of the goddesses at Eleusis,—the other, that they had appropriated and cultivated the unsettled pasture land on the border.
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote
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